Happy to report, very little trail damage due to sliders and stock skids taking the abuse, however the tires are going to have an early retirement if I continue to use them offroad.
Yes it made it out of the shop and we're so far very pleased that the problem has yet to return, however there was one point where it seemed to be having issues again, but it was just me switching the transfer case incorrectly and the problem cleared up as soon as I discovered the err of my ways.
Night run was very interesting, seeing how you really
can't see anything until you've allready driven over it. There were a few sections that I wasn't sure I was going to make it up unscathed or without some spotting or a strap on, but the X rose to the occasion with the Easy button. I was
very impressed and would like to do it in the daytime with better tires and more armour to see what disasterous line I can make without rolling or craping my pants.
The sliders definately did their job and
to Shrock for making such an awesome product and if my X holds out I'm definately going to be adding some additional mods from them. The paint however will never be the same, it will have some striping that will allways be there, but it is doing exactly what I inteded for it to do and wouldn't want it any other way.
As far as how it compares to CK, I would say that it is just as rough and long, but it does have a few more spots (as mentioned above) that will pose a challenge to the uninitiated or open diffs and would say that it was only a little bit more difficult, especially for being at night.
Can't wait to hit another trail with the SWANKy crew if they'll have me along.